| (he/him) |
| University of Leeds |
| Current Position | Associate Professor in Atmospheric Science |
| a.rap@leeds.ac.uk | |
| Department(s) | Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environment |
| ECR | No |
| YES.DTN Core Themes | Atmosphere and Climate |
| Profile(s) | Alexandru Rap (0000-0002-2319-6769) – ORCID Rap, Alexandru – Author details – Scopus |
Key Research Interests
- Modelling of aviation impacts on climate
- Contrail parameterisations for climate models
- Radiative forcing of aerosol particles and greenhouse gases
- Impact of diffuse radiation on vegetation
Recent Key Papers
- Zhang, W., Field, P. R., Van Weverberg, K., Forster, P. M., Morcrette, C. J., and Rap, A.: Modelling contrail cirrus using a double-moment cloud microphysics scheme in the UK Met Office Unified Model, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2045, 2025.
- Zhang, W., Van Weverberg, K., Morcrette, C. J., Feng, W., Furtado, K., Field, P. R., Chen, C.-C., Gettelman, A., Forster, P. M., Marsh, D. R., and Rap, A.: Impact of host climate model on contrail cirrus effective radiative forcing estimates, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 473–489, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-473-2025, 2025.
- Pope, R. J., Rap, A., Pimlott, M. A., Barret, B., Le Flochmoen, E., Kerridge, B. J., Siddans, R., Latter, B. G., Ventress, L. J., Boynard, A., Retscher, C., Feng, W., Rigby, R., Dhomse, S. S., Wespes, C., and Chipperfield, M. P.: Quantifying the tropospheric ozone radiative effect and its temporal evolution in the satellite era, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 3613–3626, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-3613-2024, 2024.